Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-02

Ono way of obtaining short pieces In very
handsome patterns u to buy the beautifully
embroidered towels, cut the embroidered
strips or borders of, sew the fringed and
open worked ends to the plain linen and use
the colored work for psnelling or bodice
trimming.
REVIVAL OF OLD STYLES.
Among the spring goods are many printed
flannels, monsselines de idinc and other 6g-
ured goods, IN cashmere colors or In mono
chrome. on white or pale beige colored
grounds, that revive the styles of thirty
years ago. As these are seldom 30 becoming
as solid colors, they must be chosen with
care.
Canton grapes in black have been in vogue
for several seasons, but this spring white
Chinese grapes are the latest choice for we'd
ding dresses, draped over white satin. The
sleeves are fulled good deal in the arm
holes, but are tight below the elbow. The
shape, folded across. gathered on the shoul-
ders, and caught at the waist by q satin belt
The nature OF the material perfectly suits the
present styles in dr.Pery. E1quisite evening
broidered with silver.
Velvet polonsises, simply silk lined and
not waddsd, thus fitting the figure very
closely, will be very iashionably worn for
several months to come. Black velvet 10
the favorite fabric, with superb jet trim
mines for the bodice portions The skirts
are left untrimmed. One OF the leading
models for these overgarments 10 the Polish
shape, with long panel-like fronts aud short
Jacket back or dolmsn back, as may be pre-
ferrsd. Nelyets Of bronze, dark green, he
liotrope and many dark fruit shades srs
made into these handsome garments, and
the skirts worn beneath are usually of .
handsome striped goods In satin and velvet,
the latter stripe matching In shade that OF
the overdress.
FOR SIMPLER STYLES,
A dovegray surah looks we'll with Q petit
coat OF gray corduroy, or made up with fine
French cashmere OF the same shade, this
forming deep kits nuns gray velvet over
an Ottoman silk skirt il trimmed with steel
beaded embroidery, with bonnet of the silk,
the coronet front decorated with the beading,
and the bonnet trimmed with gray ostrich
tips and q pale blue or pink algrette.
either white or black is to have them formed
OF the lace ard net alone; the seams deli.
cately but firmly stayed with net bindings,
but left unlined. Slips Of different colors
can then DO worn beneath, thus changing
the appearance of the dress to suit various
occasions Sometimes the skirts are permsn.
entity lined with black, and the bodice por.
tion only is LETT for change OF under waist,
high, low, v shape, colored, black, long.
siseysd ,SsyS or shc,. shSrt, etc For some reason
Spanish lace, and preference is given to the
best qualities OF French lace In thread pat.
terms, to marquse lace resembl bling real chan.
tilly, and to fancy meshes In fine matelasse
designs.
Ribbons are used on dresses, not only
made up into bows, but serving in narrow
widths for bsyadere stripes ON plating at
the foot and sides of the skirts, and in broader
widths for making stripes lengthwiss on
draperies, on wraps and even on the coats OF
children. Entire fronts of evening and house
dresses are covered with loops or ribbon
finished with beads or swallow forked.
There are sleeves and bodices made up set on
net or gauzs, and to be worn with full dress.
inexpensive dresses, taking little time to
make up. are the embroidered batistes in
pale blue, pink, tawn and cafe aW last, or
pale cream brown. These are handsomely
embroidered with needlework, just q Swiss
muslin robes are worked. Some of the de.
signs are embroidered all In white others
show the patterns wrought In shaded oolors
matching the fabric